Category Archives: Local News

Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– D.C. has a new sports franchise. The “D.C. Defenders” have been announced as one of eight teams for the XFL. That’s the league owned by the WWE&...

WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C., has enacted emergency regulations to stop the federal government’s plan to house unaccompanied migrant children there.The Washington Post reports the regulat...

RICHMOND, Va. – Gov. Ralph Northam has told state lawmakers that Virginia is starting the new budget cycle “in a good place.”In a speech to the General Assembly’s money committ...

RICHMOND, Va. – Members of the public and interest groups are expected to testify during a hearing before a Virginia commission tasked with studying gun safety proposals following a mass shootin...

GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) – A school board in Virginia says it will keep fighting in court to defend its transgender bathroom ban. The Gloucester County School Board said it intends to appeal a recen...

MONETA, Va. – The only survivor of a 2015 attack where a disgruntled former employee shot and killed two Virginia journalists is suing the television station whose on-camera interview she was ap...

GREENBELT, Md. – Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man has pleaded guilty to providing and transferring Maryland driver licenses by bribing two workers at the Motor Vehicle Administration. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. - The widows of two Virginia state troopers killed in a helicopter crash the day of a violent white nationalist rally have sued the state and others over their husbands' deaths, alleging...

WASHINGTON - Max Scherzer says he's all set to pitch. Not in the minors. In the majors. For the Washington Nationals. As soon as possible. On the injured list for all but one game over the past five w...

WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C., officials say they don’t support the federal government’s plan to house unaccompanied migrant children there.The Washington Post reports Mayor Muriel E...